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Judging that the fire was about right, Jin Ming uttered a low shout, "The final step is to add the main ingredient, solidify the pill!"

As soon as his words fell, the Dragon Whisker Fish's brain marrow liquid flew out of the bottle, forming into a water ball, and with a 'pop', dropped into the pill furnace.

Zhao Sheng's heart tightened as he saw the green Earth Fire being methodically weakened under Jin Ming's control.

Meanwhile, inside the pill furnace, the moment the elixir liquid came into contact with the main ingredient—the fish marrow liquid—they merged and reacted violently,

Countless tiny grey bubbles burst forth from the surface of the elixir liquid, and its volume quickly diminished.

The grey bubbles exploded, turning into wisps of grey smoke, which were instantly incinerated by an invisible high temperature.

In just one minute, the original light brown elixir liquid turned white, shrinking to half its original size.

Just as the elixir liquid was about to fully solidify, Zhao Sheng felt extremely anxious, almost shouting out a reminder to Jin Ming.

It was then that the experienced Jin Ming suddenly pinched out alchemy formulas with both hands, and streaks of spirit light instantly entered the pill furnace.

Following a loud shout, "Solidify, the elixir is formed!"

At that moment, Zhao Sheng "saw" the elixir liquid in the furnace suddenly wriggling, then in the next instant it split apart, dividing into nine parts.

Four parts instantly dispersed, burning into a heap of dregs, while the other five portions of elixir liquid swiftly made one turn, condensing into grape-sized white Spirit Pills, and suddenly flew out from the top of the furnace, tracing a beautiful arc, and 'ding ding' dropped into a pill bottle that had been prepared in advance.

Jin Ming heaved a sigh of relief and handed the pill bottle to Zhao Sheng, casually wiping the sweat from his forehead, and smiled with a smirk, "It finally succeeded, though only five pills, the success rate is just so-so!"

In the way of alchemy, nine is the ultimate number, and a batch of Spirit Pills can yield no more than nine.

Five was already quite a lot.

With Jin Ming saying so, it was obvious he was showing off in front of Zhao Sheng, which meant he was bragging.

Zhao Sheng examined the Fish Marrow Pills in the bottle, without the slightest intention of engaging the other party.

Seeing this, Jin Ming scratched his chin awkwardly, then regained his masterly demeanor, and asked, "Taoist Zhao, what do you think? Would you like me to demonstrate a couple more times for you to see?"

"Sure, please refine two more batches," Zhao Sheng replied directly.

Jin Ming was taken aback for a moment, his expression one of surprise as he looked at Zhao Sheng.

He had assumed that Zhao Sheng would be eager to try his hand at it. Only after failing several times would Zhao Sheng deeply realize the difficulty of alchemy.

Who knew... the man was in no hurry at all.

In that case, refine two more batches it is!

If one could learn alchemy just by casually watching, the world would be teeming with alchemists by now, they wouldn't be held in such high esteem everywhere.

Jin Ming did not say much, moved forward to rinse the inside of the alchemy furnace with morning dew, then turned around and returned to his cushion, sitting cross-legged.

"First, I will warm the furnace!"

Jin Ming's movements were swift and clean. Following the spell, eight flame jets once again burst forth with Earth Fire.

A moment later, his voice rang out again, "Refining the Elixir Base, bring out the Coral Worm Corpse, bring out the Five-leaf Cong!"

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After two quarters of an hour, "Melt the properties of the medicine!"

After three quarters of an hour, "Add the main ingredient, prepare to solidify the pill!"

Pop!

The lid of the furnace shifted slightly, and six jade-white Fish Marrow Pills carrying a rich elixir fragrance flew out, clearing a distance of a zhang, and fell into the empty pill bottle.

Looking somewhat fatigued, Jin Ming wiped off some sweat and handed the pill bottle back to Zhao Sheng, proudly saying, "Heh heh! Six pills. Although not as many as the usual eight, it's decent enough."

Zhao Sheng secretly concealed the divine light in his eyes, took the pill bottle, and with a beaming smile gave Jin Ming a thumbs up, praising him, "Mr. Jin, your alchemy technique is truly masterful! Could you trouble you to do it one more time?"

"Of course! As long as Taoist friend doesn't mind, I'm up for accompanying you all day."

Jin Ming, having produced two batches of Spirit Pills with great confidence, spoke with a heroic air of generosity.

"First, warm the furnace!"

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"Then refine the Elixir Base"

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"The third step, melt the properties of the medicine!"

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"The fourth step, add the main ingredient, prepare to solidify the pill!"

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"Solidify, Elixir Formation!"

Just as Jin Ming shouted out the word "solidify," a burst of Divine Light exploded in Zhao Sheng's eyes.

In an instant, the world seemed to slow down tremendously, and time stretched out manyfold.

With the augmentation of Bullet Time, Zhao Sheng clearly "witnessed" the entire process of Solidifying Pill.

What might have been but a fleeting second in the eyes of others was incredibly prolonged for Zhao Sheng; it felt like a whole minute had passed before the Fish Marrow Pill "slowly took shape" and solidified into a pill.

"The pills are formed, come out!"

Ding ding dong dong!

Amid the crisp sound, seven Fish Marrow Pills successively slipped into the pill bottle.

Jin Ming laughed heartily, not until then did the Divine Light in Zhao Sheng's eyes slowly fade away.

"How was it? Did Taoist see it clearly? Want to give it a try?" Jin Ming asked Zhao Sheng with a smile.

Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, saying readily, "Then I will have to trouble Mr. Jin to provide guidance on the side."

"No problem!"

Saying so, Jin Ming vacated the main seat.

Zhao Sheng stepped forward immediately, washing the Alchemy Furnace clean with morning dew.

Then he turned around and walked to the central cushion, where he sat down cross-legged.

Zhao Sheng reined in his smile, looking solemn as he released his Divine Sense, enveloping the Alchemy Furnace in front of him and the Earth Fire Platform below him.

As his mind moved, he sequentially cast several Spirit Light Techniques, and the Fire Control Array inside the mouth of the Red Toad was suddenly activated, shooting out eight streams of cyan Earth Fire as thick as a child's arm from the fire mouth.

"The first step, nurture the Pill Furnace!" Zhao Sheng recited Jin Ming's words calmly.

Not that he was being pedantic or conservative, but it was to deepen his impression.

On the side, Jin Ming watched Zhao Sheng's technique forming movements and nodded in approval. Although the movements were a bit rusty, the Fire Control Technique was executed perfectly, and the control of Spiritual Power was just right.

As a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, his control was truly strong!

However, Jin Ming was mistaken. Zhao Sheng had not practiced any Fire Control Techniques in this life, but in his previous one he had been a master of playing with fire, and techniques like the Fire Control Technique were deeply ingrained in him.

A moment later, the surface of the Alchemy Furnace began to glow faintly red.

Seeing that the time was about right, Zhao Sheng pointed at the tile jar containing the Coral Worm Corpse, followed by the porcelain bottle containing the Five-leaf Cong.

"The second step, refine the Elixir Base!"

The worm corpse and the medicinal powder were successfully added to the Pill Furnace, and Zhao Sheng's hands continued to form alchemy formulas, casting light after light of spirit light into the furnace, causing the two types of Spiritual Medicine to slowly dissolve and secrete their essence under the invisible high temperature.

"The third step, smelt the medicinal properties!"

Bang bang!

The remaining types of Spiritual Medicine flew into the Pill Furnace in succession, and Zhao Sheng did not stop the movement of his hands, channeling Core Spiritual Power from the Dantian to his fingertips, which quickly transformed into various Spirit Light Pill Formulas, entering the Alchemy Furnace.

Smelling the Elixir Fragrance that was gradually getting stronger in the air, Jin Ming couldn't help but stroke his beard, his eyes unconsciously widening by a third, and he murmured to himself, "Has this person studied before? The scent of the medicine seems right, indicating his control of the flame is quite precise. Even with Divine Sense to assist, it's unusual that the refining is going so smoothly!"

Most novices would fail at the step of refining the Elixir Base, either due to not controlling the strength of the fire properly, resulting in an insufficiently refined base, or refining it into a pile of waste.

If an Alchemy beginner doesn't fail dozens of times, they often don't even get past the second step.

"Could it be that the other party is truly a genius of the Alchemy Dao?"

Thinking of Zhao Sheng's previous miraculous performance, Jin Ming suddenly had an odd thought.

"The fourth step, add the main ingredient, Solidify Pill!"

As the main ingredient, Dragon Whisker Fish Brain Marrow Liquid, entered the Pill Furnace, Zhao Sheng's Divine Sense erupted to its full extent, intently observing the reaction of the Elixir Liquid with the main medicinal ingredient, his movements speeding up, casting a stream of alchemy formulas one after another.

As the Elixir Liquid was about to solidify completely, Jin Ming was extremely anxious, carefully scrutinizing Zhao Sheng's next move.

Zhao Sheng knew that the most difficult part of Alchemy was how to solidify pills.

Since it was his first attempt at Alchemy, he decided to forget about the other eight portions of Elixir Liquid and focus on refining just one portion.

Seeing that the time had come, a burst of Divine Light flashed in Zhao Sheng's eyes, and the world became extremely slow. Thanks to this, he had ample time to slowly refine the pills.

Under his control, one portion of the Elixir Liquid swirled and easily solidified into a Spirit Pill.

At this time, Bullet Time hadn't even reached halfway.

"There's still plenty of time, should I refine another one?"

No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than Zhao Sheng's heart began to stir excitedly.